Millican, Eliot McNeil

Birth Name Millican, Eliot McNeil
Gender male
Age at Death 52 years, 9 months, 12 days

Events

Type Date Place Description Notes
Birth 1808 Spartanburg, SC    
Death 1860-10-13 Independence, Washington, TX  
  1. 1860, Dr. Elliott M. Millican, a son of Robert H. Millican, for whom the town was named, resigned from the Texas Senate so he could help fight a cholera epidemic in Brazos County. The epidemic killed him, too, on Oct, 13, 1860.
  2. The [Brenham] Ranger says that Dr. Millican, of Brazos County, in a fit on insanity, caused by hard drinking, jumped from the third story window of Lott's hotel in Washington last week, and was instantly killed. Tri-Weekly Telegraph (Houston), 27 Oct.1860, p.2
  3. Grave Marker says Nov 1, 1860
Burial   Millican, Brazos, TX    

Parents

Father Millican, Robert Hemphill
Mother McNeil, Nancy Jane
Siblings
  1. Millican, William Templeton
  2. Millican, James D
  3. Millican, John
  4. Millican, Willis D

Families

Married Wife Clampitt, Elizabeth
  Marriage 1828-01-07 at Austin, TX
  Children
  1. Millican, Susan Elizabeth
  2. Millican, John Earl
  3. Millican, Eliot McNeil Jr
  4. Millican, Mary
  5. Millican, Lucinda Jane
  6. Millican, Robert
  7. Millican, William H
  8. Millican, Jasper N
Married Wife Triplett, Marcella E
  Marriage 1850-02-17 at Brazos, TX
  Children
  1. Millican, Marcella
  2. Millican, Leander Randon
  3. Millican, Marcellus R
  4. Millican, Wilbur Ashby

Narrative

Texas General Land Office
Land Grant Search

County: Brazos
Abstract Number: 40
District/Class: Title
Original Grantee: Elliot M Millican
Patent Date: 26 Mar 1831
Patent No: 270
Patent Vol: 3
Acres: 4428.40

Narrative

Texas General Land Office
Land Grant Search

County: Freestone
Abstract Number: 408
District/Class: Robertson 1st
File Number: 315
Original Grantee: Elliott M Millican
Patentee: Elliott M Millican
Patent Date: 07 Jun 1851
Patent No: 385
Patent Vol: 9
Certificate: 510
Acres: 177.10

Narrative

We are authorized to announce Hon. E.M. Millican of Brazos County, as a candidate to
represent the 14th Senatorial District, composed of the counties of Milam, Leon, Brazos,
Williamson, Burleson, Bell and McLennan, in the next Legislature. Texas State Gazette
(Austin), 2 Aug. 1851, p.390

Narrative

The following comprise all the election returns received here up to 10 o'clock last night
... Brazos County. Governor - Pease 42, Chambers 10, Wood 23, Ochiltree 21. For
Lieut. Governor, Dickson 59, Robertson 35, Kirby 2. For Congress, Scurry 45, Bell 45,
Blake 8, Lewis 1, Caruthers 2. For Com. Gen. Landoffice, Crosby 79. Senator, Millican
86. Representative, Shaw 37, Wooldridge 47.
Texas State Gazette (Austin), 6 Aug. 1853, supplement, p.1

Narrative

Members elected to the Legislature ... Senators ... Wilds K. Cooke; Limestone, Navarro,
Leon, Robertson and Brazos ... Representatives ... Elliot M. Millican; Robertson, Leon and
Brazos ... Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston), 6 Sept. 1849, p.2

Narrative

... Mr. M. [Elliot M. Millican], in his capacity of neighborhood doctor, was out when
we arrived, attending upon the cases of scarlet fever, which was raging in the
neighborhood. Quite a number of children were down, and some had died, whilst
others were not expected to live ... Galveston Weekly News, 26 January 1858, page 3

Narrative

Grave Marker says "Served Texas Congress & First Sheriff of Brazos County 1839"

Source References

  1. Grave Marker

Pedigree

  1. Millican, Robert Hemphill
    1. McNeil, Nancy Jane
      1. Millican, Eliot McNeil
        1. Clampitt, Elizabeth
          1. Millican, Susan Elizabeth
          2. Millican, John Earl
          3. Millican, Eliot McNeil Jr
          4. Millican, Mary
          5. Millican, Lucinda Jane
          6. Millican, Robert
          7. Millican, William H
          8. Millican, Jasper N
        2. Triplett, Marcella E
          1. Millican, Marcella
          2. Millican, Leander Randon
          3. Millican, Marcellus R
          4. Millican, Wilbur Ashby
      2. Millican, William Templeton
      3. Millican, James D
      4. Millican, John
      5. Millican, Willis D

Ancestors